August 18, 2003
The Bay today
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Here's a shot of the San Francisco skyline, taken from Tiburon (on the north shore of the bay), at 2:45 pm on this sun-dappled day. Angel Island is at the left. Click on the image for a larger view.
Jennifer Martinez said:
Very nice!
Jennifer Martinez sends
Joe said:
gorgeous...
Family time
I'll be out of town and offline the rest of today while I spend time with my little brother, who's visiting from Phoenix.
A Samurai editor who made history
Sheila has the scoop on her experience with a Samurai editor. And she has a baseball history tidbit, to boot, about Nieman Reports editor Melissa Ludtke.
By the way, Jeff Jarvis told Sheila that her page was rendering in a funky, one-word-wide width. But it looks fine to me (on IE6 and Win XP Pro). If you see anything amiss, tell Sheila and let her know what browser you're using.
Speaking of formatting snafus, does anyone out there have a clue why users are not able to copy and paste from my weblog? I asked MovableType founder Ben Trott about this, and he basically said he didn't know. It must be something in the MT Cascading Style Sheet. And yet, on a search results page, anyone is able to copy and paste. Strange.
JD Lasica said:
Thanks, Susan. Interesting! I don't see a suggested solution, though. There must be something more to it ... I use 2 and 3 columns on my website and never had a problem.
Samara tells me she uses XP and IE 6 and wishes she could cut and paste from here -- but can't.
Anil said:
JD,
It is a bug in IE on Windows, having to do with the way many stylesheets (including the ones we ship with MT) lay out multiple columns. I am working on a fix and should be able to send you some small tweaks to make that will fix the problem. And I'll add it to our templates in the future, too.
JD Lasica said:
You are one cool dude, Anil my man!
Laid low by an old-fashioned blackout
Amy Harmon in Monday's NY Times: The Bits Are Willing, but the Batteries Are Weak. For many Internet addicts, the blackout was a rude reminder of how decisively the vaunted digital lifestyle can be laid low by a disruption in 19th-century electrons.
